Fossil and Nonfossil Sources of Organic and Elemental Carbon Aerosols in the Outflow from Northeast China

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 6284-6292

  Zhang, Yan Lin ^a,b   Kawamura, Kimitaka ^b   Agrios, Konstantinos ^c,d   Lee, Meehye ^e   Salazar, Gary ^c   Szidat, Sönke ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^e Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; FOSSIL FUELS; FUELS;

BIOGENIC EMISSION; CARBONACEOUS AEROSOL; FOSSIL FUEL COMBUSTION; MASS CONCENTRATION; ORGANIC AND ELEMENTAL CARBON; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; SOURCE QUANTIFICATION; TOTAL SUSPENDED PARTICLES;

ORGANIC CARBON;

ELEMENTAL CARBON; INORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC CARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT; CARBON; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AEROSOL; AIR MASS; BIOMASS BURNING; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; FOSSIL FUEL; NANOFOSSIL; OUTFLOW; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOCARBON DATING; SECONDARY PRODUCTION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHINA; COMBUSTION; FOSSIL; SUMMER; WINTER; AIR POLLUTANT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASON;

CHINA; MONGOLIA;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; CARBON; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOSSILS; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONS;

EID: 84971428575     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b00351     Document Type: Article

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